When Shelle asked me why I didn’t interact much at last Sunday’s barbecue and I answered that I was just doing my job and getting the food ready, it may have sounded odd.
I can’t even hope to be in the same class, but in his new book “Les Halles Cookbook“, Anthony Bourdain sums it up [...]

Got to see Amy and David, and through them, Rachel (got to ride in her and Todd’s Land Rover…first time in one of those…VERY interesting. kinda like it in a weird way. but sucky mileage and priciness shall steer me away), Ben and Heather. Wound up at B&H’s house to sell David [...]

Got up early enough Sunday morning and when I drove by Dan’s to check on Sam, I saw that their car was back, and I figured they’d all be asleep for many hours, so I kept on driving. Wound up at Kroger and got a small bit of roast beef, my first experience with Boar’s [...]

It’s been an interesting week of simple highs, tragic lows and surprisingly small, but welcome static lulls.
I officially found a new album earlier in the week. I’d gotten Nashville by Josh Rouse a few weeks ago and listened to it and like it. Fine. I listened to it again on Tuesday and was floored. [...]

I just got done watching The Notebook. I’d been holding off on it for a while now, but finally realized that it wouldn’t be anytime soon to watch it with anyone, so I popped it in as the sun was setting.
How it kicked my ass. I’d saw so-so reviews of it when it hit the [...]

In response to the spike in gas prices, I’ve went to a super low viscosity oil, removed much of the dead weight from my car, and have been driving like a 70 year old on tranquilizers.
What’s it gotten me?
Right around nothing. 23mpg, which is where I was over the winter.
grumble